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Originally Posted by FireSale
I won't comment on your science stuff, but the tankers and container ships operate in International waters and aren't subject to EPA regulations. Why do you think none of them are US flagged?
Oil is non renewable because it takes millions of years for it to be formed from organic material.
I street a non compliant car, but I'm not on anyone's side. My beef was that the EPA put this regulatory proposal in thousands of pages of documentation regarding heavy trucks and equipment.
Dale
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I agree Dale, my questions were rhetorical. However, as far as how long oil takes to reform (can't find it right now) there is a oil well off the coast of florida that was pumped dry in the early 70's, it was rechecked in early 2000's and was something like 36% refilled. Long explanation by scientist based on distillation principals. (carbon and heat in centre of earth, vapors rise through crust and cool on large slabs of certain types of rock.(I'm paraphrasing but essentially that's why, they're contending that oil is renewable..just not quick)
Money and control, doesn't matter what the medium is, oil/climate/food/water/property it all boils down to money and control. The left see those "with" as having more than their share (gained either illegally or immorally) and those "without" as victims of those "with". Their thinking is a total sum game where everything should be owned equally regardless of work performed.
In Canada there's an old saying, "if your under 25 and not a liberal, you have no heart and if your over 30 and are not a conservative, you have no brain"
That's why the left concentrates on idealistic university kids and not middle aged people with mortgages/families/business or jobs. (ones who are paying taxes)
Regardless, this is great that they relinquished control over racecars, it proves that even individuals can effect government if they stand up and speak out together. The question remains, who will step up when they come after street cars or 4x4's etc?